Often we focus in Elul on what we did wrong,
sometimes we need to focus on what we didn’t do,
sometimes we need to promise to do more,
not to do "better" at what we already know
let those familiar things turn numb.
A set of poems and thoughts written by some of Hevria's writers in reaction to the terror attack that took five lives in a Jerusalem synagogue today.
She is a bottomless top-shelf gimlet.
She is built of bloody bruised knuckles.
Restore I/Me/Us/We to our natural state.
Remind I/Me/Us/We that all we actually do is vibrate.
A band of liars and thieves sing a song of desire and atonement.
In an age where the mystics lie, the followers divide, and confusion reigns, we must return to the essential message of mysticism.
You said, "I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse." Master of the Universe, please help our enemies see with their eyes and understand with their hearts before it is too late.
A prayer for normalcy.
At school's start, she was asked to bring in a plant. It was already deep October